The African Handball Confederation (acronym CAHB, referring to French: Confédération Africaine de Handball) is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded on 15 January 1973 after the 2nd All-Africa Games in Lagos (Nigeria), it represents the national handball associations of Africa under the supervision of the International Handball Federation (IHF).

The CAHB headquarters is located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Its current president is Dr. Mansourou Aremou from Benin. The motto of the organisation is "Let's build African Handball together."

History

The African Handball Confederation was the first such continental confederation and is tied to 53 national federations. It is also the continental confederation with the highest number of members within the IHF.

The founding congress took place on January 15, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria, during the 2nd All-Africa Games. It was attended by Alberto de San Roman (Spain), the vice-president of the International Handball Federation. The committee, which had done all the preparation work, was awarded with executive functions within the confederation. Dr. Salem Nabil became president, and Babacar Fall became secretary general.

Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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CAHB presidents

S. No.NameTenure
1Senegal Babacar Fall1973 – 1993
2Egypt Nabil Salem1993 – 1996
3Ivory Coast Christophe Yapo Achy1996 – 2008
4Benin Mansourou AremouSeptember 2008 – present

CAHB secretaries general

S. No.NameTenure
1Nigeria Issa Ahmed1973 – 1978
2Ivory Coast Christophe Yapo Achy1978 – 1993
3Republic of the Congo Ferdinand Kitsadi Zorrino1993 – 2000
4Benin Mansourou Aremou2000 – 2008
5Gabon Nicole Assele2008 – 2012
6Republic of the Congo Charles Omboumahou2012 – present

CAHB Executive Committee

DesignationName
PresidentBenin Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-presidentEgypt Medhat El-Beltagy
2nd Vice-presidentAngola Pedro Godinho
Secretary GeneralRepublic of the Congo Charles Omboumahou
TreasurerTogo Auguste Dogbo

CAHB Council

DesignationName
PresidentBenin Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-presidentEgypt Medhat El-Beltagy
2nd Vice-presidentAngola Pedro Godinho
Secretary GeneralRepublic of the Congo Charles Omboumahou
TreasurerTogo Auguste Dogbo
Council MembersIvory Coast François Gnamian
Senegal Diouf Seydou
Algeria Habib Labane
President Zone 1Tunisia Mourad Mestiri
President Zone 2Guinea Camara Mamadouba
President Zone 3Burkina Faso Alain Patrick Pare
President Zone 4Democratic Republic of the Congo Amos Mbayo Kitenge
President Zone 5Uganda Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson
President Zone 6South Africa Ruth Saunders

CAHB tournaments

Nations

Clubs

Title holders

Nations

CompetitionsCurrent ChampionTitle
African Men's Handball ChampionshipEgypt (2026)10th
African Women's Handball ChampionshipAngola (2024)16th
African Men's Junior Handball ChampionshipEgypt (2024)14th
African Women's Junior Handball ChampionshipEgypt (2025)1st
African Men's Youth Handball ChampionshipEgypt (2024)8th
African Women's Youth Handball ChampionshipEgypt (2025)6th

Clubs

CompetitionsCurrent ChampionTitle
African Handball Champions LeagueEgypt Al Ahly (2024)7th
African Handball Cup Winners' CupEgypt Al Ahly (2025)5th
African Handball Super CupEgypt Al Ahly (2025)5th
African Women's Handball Champions LeagueAngola 1º de Agosto (2023)8th
African Women's Handball Cup Winners' CupAngola 1º de Agosto (2024)5th
African Women's Handball Super CupAngola Petro Atlético (2025)20th

CAHB members

Africa Handball Confederation's zones

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zone 5

Zone 6

Zone 7

  • ✝ means non-active member

Summer Olympics record

NationWest Germany 1972Soviet Union 1980United States 1984South Korea 1988Spain 1992United States 1996Australia 2000Greece 2004China 2008United Kingdom 2012Brazil 2016Japan 2020France 2024United States 2028Total
Men
Algeria10/1212/1210/1210/124
Egypt11/126/127/1212/1210/129/124/125/128
Tunisia16/1610/128/1212/124
Total111112211121116
Women
Angola7/89/109/1012/1210/128/1210/129/128
Republic of the Congo6/61
Ivory Coast8/81
Nigeria8/81
Total—1—111111111111

World Championship record

TeamGermany 1938Sweden 1954East Germany 1958West Germany 1961Czechoslovakia 1964Sweden 1967France 1970East Germany 1974Denmark 1978West Germany 1982Switzerland 1986Czechoslovakia 1990Sweden 1993Iceland 1995Japan 1997Egypt 1999France 2001Portugal 2003Tunisia 2005Germany 2007Croatia 2009Sweden 2011Spain 2013Qatar 2015France 2017Denmark Germany 2019Egypt 2021Poland Sweden 2023Croatia Denmark Norway 2025Total
Men
Algeria15/1616/1616/1616/1616/2417/2415/2413/2418/2417/2419/2415/2417/2424/2422/3231/3230/3217
Angola20/2421/2424/2423/2430/325
Cape Verde32/3223/3223/323
DR Congo28/321
Egypt14/1612/166/246/247/244/2415/2414/2417/2414/2414/2416/2414/2413/248/247/327/325/3218
Guinea31/321
Morocco22/2423/2417/2422/2423/2420/2429/3230/328
Nigeria23/241
Tunisia15/1615/2416/2412/2410/2414/244/2411/2417/2420/2411/2415/2419/2412/2425/3225/3222/3217
Total————11—101111445444433333375571
Women
Team——Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957Romania 1962Germany 1965Netherlands 1971Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973Soviet Union 1975Czechoslovakia 1978Hungary 1982Netherlands 1986South Korea 1990Norway 1993Austria 1995Germany 1997Denmark 1999Italy 2001Croatia 2003Russia 2005France 2007China 2009Brazil 2011Serbia 2013Denmark 2015Germany 2017Japan 2019Spain 2021Denmark Norway Sweden 2023Germany Netherlands 2025Total
Algeria12/1219/2422/243
Angola16/1616/1613/2015/2415/2413/2417/2416/247/2411/248/2416/2416/2419/2415/2425/3215/3210/3218
Cameroon22/2420/2428/3224/324
Congo12/1222/2422/2417/2420/2423/3226/327
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo20/2424/2420/243
Ivory Coast17/2014/2420/2421/2421/2418/2416/247
Egypt28/321
Senegal Senegal18/2418/3224/323
Tunisia12/1219/2418/2415/2414/2418/2417/2421/2424/2427/3220/3211
Total—————111—11233333343433344453

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